State Correspondents News DESK
New Delhi, Aug 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced a firm one-year deadline to achieve 100 percent ground-level implementation of India’s three new criminal laws across the country.
Addressing the valedictory session of the Intelligence Bureau’s 9th National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference-2026, Shah stated that full integration of the laws will transform the criminal justice system—enabling the complete disposal of cases right up to the Supreme Court within three years and driving up the conviction rate by 25 percent.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), which came into effect on July 1, 2024, replaced the colonial-era IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act.
Tech-Driven Policing and Internal Security Wins
Shah noted that a unified data architecture combining CCTNS, ICJS, NATGRID, and NAFIS is already in place. He urged young police officers to leverage AI for data integration, pattern detection, and generating actionable intelligence.
The Home Minister highlighted that the Centre, in coordination with state police forces and CAPFs, has successfully neutralized threats across three major internal security hotspots:
- Left-Wing Extremism (Naxalism)
- Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
- Insurgency in the Northeast
Stern Warning on Illegal Infiltration
Reiterating the Centre’s zero-tolerance stance on border security, Shah said he has reviewed land-border states over the past eight months to roll out a quadrangular security strategy.
“This country is not a dharamshala; only Indian citizens have the right to live here. Infiltrators pose a direct threat to national security, the economy, and demographic balance,” Shah asserted, adding that the goal is to make India completely free of illegal immigrants.
Key National Security Directives
- Counter-Terrorism: Enforce the ‘PRAHAR’ roadmap to dismantle 360-degree terror networks.
- War on Drugs: Implement the Narcotics Control Vision Document 2026–2029 under the three-pronged strategy of “Detect, Disrupt, and Destroy.”
- Extraditions: Strengthen the anti-fugitive apparatus, noting that 274 fugitives have been extradited between 2019 and 2026.
- Modern Threats: Align security strategies against cyber-misinformation warfare, global supply chain shocks, and radicalization.
The high-level conference was attended by 850 senior security officers, including Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, IB Director Mahesh Dixit, CBI Director Praveen Sood, and R&AW Secretary Parag Jain.
